Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said being in politics or joining the Armed Forces is not the only way to serve the nation.<br/><br/>He said there are several other ways to contribute to nation building. Mr Modi was interacting with the students on the eve Teachers' Day in New Delhi.<br/><br/>Replying to a query of a student, Prime Minister Modi said, politics requires good people from all walks of life to clean it which has unfortunately acquired a lot of bad name.<br/><br/>Mr Modi said, there is no dearth of good teachers in the country.<br/><br/>The Prime Minister asked people who have done well in their career to spend at least one hour a week or hundred hours in a year to teach the students.<br/><br/>Congratulating the teachers for shaping India's future, he said, being a teacher is not like any other occupation and he or she can never retire.<br/><br/>Saying that classroom gives a sense of mission and priority, he asked the students to be a good listener to speak well and enhance their confidence level.<br/><br/>On a routine issuance of character certificate in schools, Mr Modi said, he has issued direction to replace character certificate with aptitude certificate.<br/><br/>On Digital India programme, Mr Modi said, it is an important tool of empowerment and shift to e-governance is a must to ensure good governance and transparency.<br/><br/>When asked by a student that shortage of power is a hurdle in achieving the objectives of Digital India, Prime Minister Modi said, there are villages with no electricity and in next one thousand days, the government intends to provide power to 18,000 villages.<br/><br/>He said, he wants to ensure 24X7 power supply across the country by 2022.<br/><br/>Eight hundred students and 60 teachers from schools of Delhi participated in person whereas several children from across the country who have excelled in various activities are interacted with the Prime Minister through video conferencing from nine different locations.